Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Consume less, Share more

 

I saw this bumper sticker on a car today …

 

 

… and it made me think. 

So, when I got home, I googled it and found this …

 

The Global Warming Survival Guide:  51 Ways to Save the Environment

Number 51:  Consume less, share more, live simply

Here is the Full List:

  • Turn Food Into Fuel
  • Get Blueprints For a Green House
  • Change Your Lightbulbs
  • Light Up Your City
  • Pay the Carbon Tax
  • Ditch the Mansion
  • Hang Up a Clothes Line
  • Give New Life to Your Old Fleece
  • Build a Skyscraper
  • Turn Up the Geothermal Heat
  • Take Another Look at Vintage Clothes
  • Capture the Carbon
  • Let Employees Work Close to Home
  • Ride the Bus
  • Move to a High-Rise
  • Pay Your Bills Online
  • Open a Window
  • Ask the Experts For An Energy Audit of Your Home
  • Buy Green Power, At Home or Away
  • Check the Label
  • Cozy Up to Your Water Heater
  • Skip the Steak
  • Copy California
  • Just Say No to Plastic Bags
  • Support your local farmer
  • Plant a bamboo fence
  • Straighten up and fly right
  • Have a green wedding
  • Remove the tie
  • Shut off your computer
  • Wear green eye shadow
  • Kill the Lights At Quitting Time
  • Rearrange the Heavens and the Earth
  • Rake in the Fall Colors
  • End the Paper Chase
  • Play the Market
  • Think Outside the Packaging
  • Trade Carbon for Capital
  • Make Your Garden Grow
  • Get a Carbon Budget
  • Fill'er Up With Passengers
  • Pay For Your Carbon Sins
  • Move to London's New Green Zone
  • Check Your Tires
  • Make One Right Turn After Another
  • Plant a Tree in the Tropics
  • If You Must Burn Coal, Do it Right
  • Drive Green on the Scenic Route
  • Set a Higher Standard
  • Be aggressive about passive
  • Consume Less, Share More, Live Simply
  • Who knew?

    To get the bumper sticker, go Here or Here.

    3 comments:

    1. What a great list, lots of these things we do anyway especially making the garden grow, we're saving a lot on veg at the moment, can't wait to eat the pumpkin.
      Adele

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    2. Make one right turn after another?? Literally? Figuratively?


      Other than that...love the list!

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